Laundry-tub faucet



- 1,443,726. 0. s. BURMAN.

LAUNDRY TUB FAUCET.

FILED MAR. 2, 1922. 3 SHEETS-SHEET L- fizvenior Q/O/J'Bu/man Jan. 30, 1923.

0. s. BURMAN.

LAUNDRY TUB FAUCET.

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FILED MAR. 211922.

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OLOF S. BURMAN, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

LAUNDRY-TUB FAUCEI.

Application filed March 2, 1922. Serial No. 540,493.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Own S. BURMAN, a citizen of the United States. residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Laundrylub Faucets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de scription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My present invention relates to laundry tub or tray faucets of the type having swinging nozzles for delivering into either of two compartments of the tub or tray. The invention is directed particularly to improved means for supporting the faucet body from the tub or tray.

Hitherto these faucets have been supported from or attached to the tub by a plurality of clamping devices requiring the adjustment or tightening of at least two clamping screws or devices. My present invention provides a single leg for supporting the faucet body and a single screw or clamping device for anchoring the same to the tub.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several vlews.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view partly in front elevation, but with some parts sectioned showing the preferred form of the faucet applied to a laundry tub, a fragment only of the latter being shown; I

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken approximately on. the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1.;

Fig. 4 is a view corresponding to Fig. 1, but illustrating a somewhat modified construction;

Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken approximately on the line 5--5 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary section on the line 66 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary front elevation illustrating a modified form of the support-- in leg shown in Figs. 4 and 5; and

ig. 8 is a fragmentary section on the line 8-8 of Fig. 7.

Referring first to the construction illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the laundry tub 9 has two compartments located on opposite sides and a dividing partition 10.. The

faucet although provided with but one nozzle, to wit a laterally swinging nozzle, is nevertheless of the general type known as hot and cold water faucets, in that it receives hot and cold water, respectively, from supply pipes 11 and 12. These pipes 11 and 12 are connected onto the upturned ends of a U-shaped tubular faucet body 13. Water flows from the upper chambers of the faucet body 13, through ports 14 normally closed by valves 15 that work through stufling boxes applied to outwardly extended bosses or nipples formed on the ends of the faucet body.

At its central portion the faucet body 13 has a short integrally east depending central leg 17 that is formed with a depend ing outer flange 18 and with a depending bifurcated inner flange 19 which latter is adapted to straddle the partition 10. The flange 18 is provided with a single clamping screw 20 which, when tightened, while the clamp is applied straddle 0f the partition 10 and the back of the tub, securely locks the faucet body to the tub properly positioned in respect to the back of the tub and in respect to the partition.

The faucet body 13 has an upstanding centrally located nipple 21 aligned with the leg 17 and to which is swivelled the laterally swung nozzle 22. When the faucet is clamped in the position as described, the swinging faucet will be arranged to swing from one side to the other of the partition fol]; delivery to either compartment of the tu In the construction illustrated in Figs. 4, 5 and 6, the faucet body is provided with a centrally located but depending nipple 21 to which a laterally swinging nozzle 22 is swivelled; and in this arrangement the faucet supporting leg 23 is made independent of the faucet body, but is rigidly secured to the back thereof by a screw 24. The anchored upper end pf this leg is also to fit into a groove or channeled seat 25 formed therefor in the back of the faucet and offset so that the leg 23 extends backward free from the nipple 21 and the pivoted end of the swivel nozzle. The leg 23 below the swinging nozzle is forwardly extended so that it will rest on the rim of the tub and on the upper edge of the partition 10, and it is formed with laterally spaced flanges 26 that embrace the partition 10. One of the flanges 26 has a clamping screw 27 which, when g d figldly seeureseth i-i i fi K W tub. y o setting nozzle swivel an important action is made possible, to wit, the nozzle, ay be swung rearward to a position outwar of the tub so that it will discharge water intoaw ail or receptacle outside of the tub or win discharge water onto the; fi oor for @erubbing purposes, when desired.

ln the confitiruction'illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8, ,the leg 23 is Applied ,in .the same manner BS5610 1eg23, :but :instead of being be forward overthe weentralqpartition, @it s ,ben ilatemlly. and provided with depending c mping flanges 28 ithat are adapt d to emh aee-the'baek ofithertnb adiacentito the ,partition. These clamping flanges 28 are ,provided .Witha clamping'screw 29.

mile vtimlcet construction described isnot the leg33jf :the areal 3.11

onlyuafljciegt .tor thepurppags ad n view, is of 'COmPMHtIVGlY vsmal cost, very sim 1e, and easy to apply or remove.

at Ivclaim is:

A hot and cold water faucet body having \adepepding supporting leg provided with an outer clamping flange and an inner -1 ampingrflange, the latter being bifurcated to straddle the central partition of a twocompartment laundry tub, said clamping ,flanges being arranged to hold the faucet body against *horizontal movement in all directions, and i a later-ally Swinging nozzle attached toithe faucet bodyiby an upstanding swivel.

'j'In :testimony whereof 'I .afiix my signature.

\oLoF s. BURMAN. 

